Commissioner’s report

Report: 6
Date: 26 November 2009
By: Commissioner

Summary

This report summarises the progress of the Metropolitan Police Service against the objectives featured in the Policing London 2009 – 2012 Business Plan.

The narrative in the report covers the periods September and October 2009 with data for individual measures reflecting the rolling year ended 30 September 2009 unless stated otherwise. It is intended to highlight progress against corporate targets and identifies key operational activities that deliver a safer city for all London’s communities.

Below are some key points relating to crime over the first six months of 2009/10. Overall crime has fallen 1.6% compared with the same period last year, and headlines for the first 6 months (YTD) can be summarised as follows:

• Knife crime shows a 4.7% reduction or 303 fewer violent crimes involving knives against the same period last year.
• Youth Violence is down by 4.5% (487 offences)
• Homicide remains at a ten year low. Moreover the number of victims aged 10-19 has declined from 17 for the first 6 months of last year to 5 for the first 6 months of 2009/10. The MPS detection rate for homicides for this period is 96.6%.
• Residential burglary is up by 9.8% (2,617 offences), and the MPS Operation Bumblebee is in place to address it. Initial outputs, including arrest rate figures, are encouraging.
• Gun crime continues to be a challenge area, up 17.0% since the same period last year. We continue to tackle this priority, focussing on shootings and dangerous individuals.

A. Recommendation

That Members are invited to discuss the contents of the report.

B. Supporting information

1. This report provides updates on performance against the corporate objectives featured in the Policing London Business Plan. These have been grouped under the key priorities of Confidence, Safety and Continuous Improvement. For each objective we summarise progress and report on key initiatives. For ease of reference a summary table giving an overview of performance is attached at Appendix 1 with a green (G), amber (A), red (R) assessment against the Critical Performance Areas (CPAs) under each objective.

Our Delivery: performance and activity

Confidence

Objective: Make our services more accessible and improve people’s experience of their contact with us, especially victims and witnesses.

Progress summary

• The latest results show the SPI for confidence in local policing now stands at 50.9% which is a significant increase of 1.6% pts on the 49.3% for the year to March 2009 and up 3.5% pts from 47.4% for the twelve months to Sept 2008 -baseline period for the 55.4% Home Office target.
• On the second indicator tracking satisfaction with the work done by local police, satisfaction was up by 2.6% pts compared to figure of 53.7% for the 12 months to June 2008. The MPS is tied for first in its Home Office Most Similar Family (MSF) group for the PI on confidence in the police and local agencies and is twelfth out of the 42 police force areas in England and Wales. The MPS is first and thirteenth respectively for the indicator on satisfaction with local police.

Activities that are building confidence and satisfaction

2. All 32 boroughs now have additional town centre patrols working towards an action plan focusing upon community/business engagement, identifying town centre issues. This plan includes the development of a Town Centre Panel to select appropriate priorities for the teams to deal with. Since April 2009 there have been over 295,021 patrol hours across 32 town centre locations, resulting in more than 3,645 arrests, 5,882 alcohol confiscations and more than 2,077 people dispersed from designated dispersal areas. In addition to these outputs there has been a significant reduction in crime and ASB in these town centre locations since April.

3. Community Engagement Teams are responsible for delivering the PREVENT agenda on boroughs. PREVENT is about community engagement and problem solving. It is about getting to know communities, identifying people or places that may be vulnerable to violent extremist influence. In Waltham Forest the CET is working with partners to strengthen their resilience against those who wish to incite or promote violence. Recently the team invited local youths to take part in activities to challenge and encourage team building.

4. Central Communications Command now regularly exceeds the targets set. Their 999 performance currently stands at 90% of emergency calls answered within 10 seconds (target 90%) and 91.5% of non-emergency calls answered within 30 seconds (target 90%).

5. The boroughs (Brent, Barnet & Harrow) in the Three Borough Project have, in the past month, further reduced the response time for Immediate (I) calls to an average of 10 minutes from 11 minutes in the previous month and 12 minutes before the Project. Significant (S) calls response times have also reduced to an average of 40 minutes compared with 89 minutes prior to the pilot. A key part of the pilot is to provide an appointments system so that the police meet members of the public at mutually convenient times. To date more than 1400 scheduled appointments have been made at these three BOCUs. Daily customer feedback indicates a high level of satisfaction with the new system. The pilot has now been extended to Hackney, Haringey and Enfield BOCUs. Early results show a 5% improvement in I Grade response times and an 11% increase in S grade response times. The pilot will be extended to Southwark and Lewisham BOCUs at the end of November.

6. Virtual courts (VC’s) are helping improve people’s experience of their contact with us, especially victims and witnesses. As of 3 November the first phase of extended hours commenced and will run until 16 December 2009. This effectively means that our VC opens from 10am to (latest court slot time) 5.45pm. This provides more opportunities for offenders to be brought to justice more speedily via the Virtual Court System as more slots are now available. The total number of VC cases has (as of 30 October) reached 263. Just in excess of 50% of VC cases are sentenced on first hearing. Cases where the accused is kept in custody are going to VC within 4 hours of charge.

7. The work of the Havens - Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) has been recognised with a Partnership Award at the National Justice Awards 2009. The Havens provide forensic examinations and follow up medical and psycho-social care to people who have been raped or sexually assaulted. The Havens are funded on a 50/50 partnership between the MPS and NHS. The CPS work closely in this partnership in developing training and operational policy. The work of the Havens has been highlighted in HMIC/HMCPSI reviews and new Department of Health and Home Office Guidelines on developing SARCs. The Award has been used to promote the service internally and externally and is featured on the Justice Award website. The service will continue to build on existing high standards and develop new services for hard to reach groups.

8. On 2 November the MPS launched an initiative to highlight the importance of obtaining Victim Personal Statements (VPS). The VPS is different from the evidential statement and gives the victim a chance to speak out about how they have been affected by what happened. It can affect how the case progresses and be used to justify opposing bail of imposing conditions. The CPS uses the VPS to assist them in making decisions, as can the judiciary when considering sentencing. A Judge or Magistrate will consider how the victim’s life has been affected. Over the coming weeks the Victim and Witness Team will liaise with BOCUs to help raise awareness of the existence and need for the VPS.

9. The Commissioner joined over 900 people to celebrate the achievements and contributions by Britain’s shopkeepers at the 21st annual Asian Trader Awards on 3 November. The mutual respect between traders and police helps both parties to face difficult challenges, sometimes sharing difficult “customers”. The MPS is concerned about violence against independent retailers and intimidation of shop keepers. The Commissioner said to them “Your relationship with local neighbourhood teams is very important, you are the eyes and ears and we want you to trust and speak to us”.

Safety

Objective: Make our neighbourhoods safer through local and city-wide problem solving and partnership working to reduce crime, anti-social behaviour and road casualties

Progress summary

• Serious acquisitive crime has decreased by 4.4% [9,097 offences] for the rolling 12 months to September 2009. However it has only reduced by 1.3% for the first six months of 2009/10 compared to the same period in 2008/09 and so, achieving the 2% target for 200910 may be challenging.
• The MPS is currently achieving its target to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions.

Recent initiatives

Operation Bumblebee

10. Since the launch of Operation Bumblebee on 19 October a number of intelligence-based operational initiatives have been taking place.

11. In Hillingdon 2 people a week were arrested for burglary in the seven weeks leading up to October 18th. In the first three weeks under Bumble Bee there, the burglary arrest totals went from 3 to 7 to 11 indicating steady progress in catching burglars. There have been a total of 146 arrests including ones for robbery, drugs and public order. 61 have been charged with a further 39 still under investigation on police bail.

12 The Directorate of Information (DoI) has supported borough initiatives to reduce residential burglary, from providing everyday domestic items that can be tracked, located, recovered and positively identified after their theft, through to full covert installation of CCTV in high risk repeat burglary areas. This has proved very successful in identifying suspects and providing a high standard of evidence.

Traffic

13. The CO16 - Traffic Fixed Penalty Operations Unit, has significantly improved its paper work administration. This has enabled it successfully to process to court 8,205 cases this financial year and in many cases to dispense with the need for the reporting officer to appear in court. CO16 has issued a new leaflet and feedback procedure which explains the roles of the police and the Crown Prosecution Service, and in particular the retrieval of CCTV footage, in order to educate customers as to what they can expect.

14. In October 2009, officers from CO 15 in conjunction with Enfield BOCU conducted a joint operation to reduce motorcycle casualties to coincide with the European Traffic Police Network (Tispol) activity. The operation consisted of high visibility mobile patrols to educate and to check vehicles to take dangerous vehicles off the road. During the three weeks of activity, 222 vehicles were seized, with 90 of these vehicles being taken off the road for serious defects, and 25 people were arrested for offences ranging from drunk driving to fraud. 1,249 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for a variety of driving infractions.

Objective: Reduce serious violence and protect young people

Progress summary

• While the target for knife crime reduction is being met for the rolling 12 months, the reduction for the financial year to date is 4.7%, suggesting that the rate of reduction is slowing and that the target may not be met

Recent initiatives

Operation Bite

15. The MPS continues to lead for UK law enforcement on Operation Bite, an innovative MIB joint approach with UKBA against 'high harm' offenders who are foreign nationals. Through the focused targeting and prompt detention of ‘high harm’ individuals by UKBA (supported by police bail objections) Operation Bite is protecting communities from prolific and extremely violent offenders. It is cost-effective compared with reactive and proactive police investigations, subsequent criminal trials and prison detention. It takes advantage of new Immigration legislation from October 2008 which bars such deported/administratively removed individual’s legal return to the UK for 10 years, providing significant long-term disruption.

16. On 29 October, Operation Bite’s very first target, who was initially detained in June 2008, was successfully deported from the UK. He had been in UKBA detention until his deportation. He was previously the leader of a high-harm gang from south London and had convictions for Possession With Intent to Supply Crack Cocaine, Possession of an Offensive Weapon, Possession of Crack Cocaine and Possession of Heroin. He had also previously been arrested for Attempted Murder (stabbing), GBH (2 offences, both stabbings) and Handling Stolen Goods and Theft. There is significant police intelligence associating him with serious violence and weapons. He is unable to return legally to the UK for 10 years.

Clubs and Vice

17. During October, Operation Caiman which is investigating the distribution of indecent images of children, arrested four suspects and currently have 27 suspects on bail pending forensic examinations and subsequent charging. Intelligence supplied to Wiltshire Police resulted in a conviction for sexual interference with a child under the age of 13 years. The male suspect received eight years imprisonment. A further 25 victims were identified regarding grooming offences.

Recent Operations and Trials

18. Stephen Johnstone, who subjected two victims to a terrifying rape ordeal 20 years ago, was sentenced on 12 October to nine years in prison at Southwark Crown Court. The result follows advances in DNA technology and review by the Sapphire Cold Case Rape Investigation Team. Johnstone, a convicted burglar, committed these crimes in 1989, with his first victim being a 62 year old widow. A month later he forced his way into the home of a 25 year old in Barnet. Both times he stole cash and jewellery and raped the victims. These two crimes were linked by DNA from the scenes but no suspect was identified at the time.

19. A cold case review in 2008 led to additional DNA examination which matched a sample taken from Johnstone for drink driving. He was arrested at his home in Scotland. On 17 August 2009 he pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and one each of robbery, burglary and ABH.

Objective: Disrupt more criminal networks and reduce the harm caused by drugs

Progress summary

Recent operations and trials

Operation Eastleigh is the reactive investigation into the near fatal shooting of a member of staff during a robbery at Costco Superstore, Croydon on Thursday 17 September 2009. At about 7.40pm five masked men, all dressed in dark clothing ran into the store. The attack on a display containing items to the value of £70,000 activated an alarm and members of staff, including Mr. Colin THOMAS, 24 years of age. He gave chase as the three ran towards the exit, where the individual holding the firearm remained. Mr. THOMAS had nearly caught the third male as he approached the exit and at this point, the male with the firearm shot him in the stomach, from near point blank range, without threat or warning.

21. On Friday 25 September officers from Tower Bridge arrested Yohan CLARKE, 31 years, his girlfriend Leigh TIPPLE 27 years and a member of staff at Costco, Rohan MORGAN, 32 years, in connection with this offence. All three were interviewed and released on police bail but later arrested again on 14 October along with CLARKE’s younger brother Yamani, 22 years. All three were charged in the early hours of 15 October with Conspiracy to Rob. The CLARKE brothers were also charged with the substantive robbery offence at Costco and Possession of a Firearm with Criminal Intent (S18 Firearms Act). The investigation has linked Yohan CLARKE to a non fatal shooting incident in Woodleigh Gardens, Streatham on 20 August where the weapon used was again a shot gun. This is subject of a further submission to the CPS and it is anticipated that further charges will follow.

Asset Seizure and Criminal Networks

22. Safety deposit boxes searched as part of Operation Rize have resulted in ten arrests for money laundering and fraud. Officers from the Money Laundering investigation team worked in partnership with the DWP and were assisted by Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire police forces during the investigation, which took place in October this year. The boxes contained £750,000 cash, which has now been seized under POCA and police believe it relates to benefit and income support fraud committed by those arrested.

Objective: Enhance our counter terrorism capability and capacity

Recent initiatives

The MPS continues to report its performance in relation to counter-terrorism to the MPA/MPS Counter Terrorism Protective Services Sub-committee, chaired by Lord Toby Harris. The next meeting of this group is on 26 November 2009. Internally reports are also regularly provided to MPS Performance Board.

24. Terrorism remains a significant threat to the United Kingdom. The current international threat level is assessed as Substantial. The threat from dissident Irish Republican terrorism is Moderate here. To address these threats the MPS continues to deliver the Government counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST 2. There remains a strong possibility that a no-warning terrorist attack could happen in London or elsewhere in the UK. The MPS continues to review its contingency planning and policing tactics, and the Capital will continue to see a wide range of policing tactics being used.

25. The DoI plays a leading role, working with government, to ensure that our related operational technical requirements are understood and suitably prioritised, and in testing new counter-terrorism technologies in realistic operational situations. Trials of suicide bomb detection equipment have recently concluded, in which the DoI and partners (UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure and the US Department of Defense) worked together to test its performance in various scenarios.

26. The capability of terrorists is diminished by disruption, arrests, prosecutions and convictions. Using a range of counter terrorism and other legislation improves public safety and underlines our commitment to SO15 Objectives within Pursue and Prevent areas of the CONTEST strategy. Community understanding and confidence in our work is strengthened by judicial success.

Recent operations and trials

27. On Sunday 9 October, Greenpeace carried out a ‘mass trespass’ demonstration at the Houses of Parliament, where protestors gained access to the roof using ladders. Some 53 persons were arrested and bailed. At no time would the protestors have been able to get inside the Palace of Westminster buildings, access inside from the roof being secured. An internal investigation is under way with regard to revised protective measures. The responsibility for security remains with the Palace of Westminster Sergeant at Arms, who must balance public access and security measures in keeping with the Palace of Westminster’s historic role and architecture.

Airport Security– supporting MPS criminal networks objectives

28. On 1 October an urgent Joint Borders Operational Command alert came to Heathrow Police regarding a passenger on an already taxiing flight. The man was wanted for possession of a machine gun and ammunition, and serious assault. Given the seriousness of the offences, the aircraft was requested to return to standby, and Heathrow officers boarded the plane and successfully arrested the man.

Objective: Plan for, and effectively police, major events in London and prepare for the 2012 Olympics

How we monitor our performance

29. The MPS does not use PIs for this corporate objective, which in itself is linked to the wider milestones for delivering the national Olympic Security Programme that goes beyond policing and are the responsibility of the Home Secretary.

Progress summary

30. A major step taken by the DoI towards enhancing radio communications capacity and coverage for the Olympics and Paralympics was reached with funding for the Olympic Airwave system being approved by the Home Office on the 1st October. The team that presented the business case to the Home Office included AC Chris Allison (Assistant Commissioner Olympics) and Kevin Taylor (MPS, National Project Manager). As a result of this funding the Airwave network will have enhanced capacity in coverage across London and the other Olympic forces during the Olympic period. The project team will now work with Airwave Solutions Ltd to deliver the agreed requirements.

31. Since the DoI’s Improving Policing Information (IPI) Business Case was approved in July, the team has made significant progress toward the first phase of delivery (R1). This will be an integrated, person-based (nominal) index which allows users to search a wide range of MPS-held person information from one place and get integrated, operationally relevant data back. The integrated, person-based (nominal) index will speed up person searches significantly, supporting operational intelligence requirements in the near term and Olympics activity in the future.

Recent initiatives

32. On 22 and 23 October Hydra Operations ran a Hydra Event called Operation Harrier in partnership with the London Resilience Forum. It centred on the mid-air collision of two passenger jets over London and was designed to test the multi-agency response at the Gold level. This involved over two hundred participants across the two days. The agencies involved included MPS, BTP CoLP the London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade. It also included Gold representation from the Health Protection Agency, NHS, Govt Office for London, COBRA, Home Office, London Military, Local Authorities and the Environment Agency. This is by far the largest ever event run by Hydra Operations and will provide significant lessons in the organisation and delivery of Critical Incident Immersive Learning.

Continuous improvement

Objective: Lead and manage our service to ensure the most efficient, effective and economic use of all the resources entrusted to us

Progress summary

Service Conference focussed on Value for Money

33. The Service Conference was held on the 3 November 2009. The Conference focussed on the increasingly tight financial climate we face, the work that has been achieved so far in finding efficiencies and the current work on service improvement to close the budget gap.

34. The aim of the conference was to help all senior staff gain a good understanding of the current financial climate and the steps the MPS is taking corporately to address it, and ensuring that all attendees came away at the end of the day with a clear sense of the actions they are collectively and individually going to take to enable the MPS to deliver on improving safety and confidence within an increasingly tight fiscal environment.

35. Attendees heard key note speeches from the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Director of Resources, Deputy Mayor for Policing (Vice Chair of MPA) and the Minister for Crime & Policing, all of whom gave the same message; stressing the need to understand the financial climate and the importance of working together to address the challenges ahead. The speeches helped all present to understand this critical message and to reflect on how they can contribute. In addition to the key note speeches, attendees were also invited to take part in break out sessions.

36. The sessions were a really important way for attendees to take what they had heard from the speeches and turn those messages into suggestions and ideas. Each service improvement session was led by MPS service professional who outlined their efficiency proposals and what they needed from other senior managers to make them work and realise the savings. The enthusiastic participation of attendees in the sessions demonstrated that all shared a common understanding and commitment to working together to address the financial situation in the coming years.

37. Some excellent ideas were generated in the sessions and these are being analysed by Strategy and Improvement Department and mapped against the existing service improvement plan to ensure that the output of the conference helps shape existing improvement delivery plans.

Finance

38. The overall financial position at Period 6 was reported to the MPA Finance and Resources Committee on 19 November 2009. The revenue budget is currently forecast to overspend by £16.6m (approximately 0.5% of budget) although every effort is being made to bring spend within the approved budget. The Capital Programme shows year to date total expenditure of £55.5m, 23.7% of the revised annual budget of £234.2m. The forecast spend for the year of £214m is £20.2m below the revised annual budget.

39. The Scheme of Delegation Full Solution went live on the 19 October; this implements eight consistent levels of financial approval across MPS Financial systems. This is linked to extensive communication, training and targeted support to ensure a smooth transition. The Scheme of Delegation Full Solution will implement consistent approval limits across the whole “Purchase to Pay” process, provide better control of financial processes, and ensure a rigid visibility of spend across the organisation.

40. The TP implementation of the Finance and Resources (F&R) structure modernisation successfully went live on the 19 October, with each local F&R Team relocated to one of four F&R Centres. This included an extensive training plan for all staff new to their posts. Service Level Agreements and associated Key Performance Indicator’s are in the latter stages of development following extensive consultation with F&R Users and Providers. The new TP Finance and Resource function are supporting front line policing through a more responsive, effective and proactive service.

41. A total of 15 residential quarters were sold at Savills auction on the 26 October. This brought a total receipt of £4.5M which will be reinvested in the MPA Capital Programme.

42. In 2007, the MPS signed up to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code. Last year (07/08) the MPS were awarded a silver award, this year (08/09), the MPS has been awarded a gold award with two additional awards in “Policy, Strategy and Communication” and “Engaging with suppliers” due to strong performance.

Our People

43. At the end of September 2009 the MPS had 52,385 employees. The number of regular police officers stood at 33,298, of which 23% are female and 9.1% are BME, the highest ever recorded.

44. BME police officer strength increased from 2,864 at the end of March 2008 to 3,013 at the end of September 2009, an increase of 149 officers. This represents 9.1% of the total police officer strength of 33,298 as compared to 8.8% at the end of March 2009.

45. The number of special constables (MSC) stands at 2,849 in line with the deployment plan, of which 30% are female and 32% BME.

46. There are 4,702 Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) of which 36% are female and 29.1% BME, impacting positively upon community relations.

47. Four MPS chief superintendents were successful at the Senior Police National Assessment Centre and will be attending the Strategic Command Course in early 2010.

Recruiting BME Officers

48. The proportion of BME officer recruits is 13.8% (160 officers) for the six months to September 2009, against a target to increase to 20%. This was recognised last year as a challenging aim, forming part of the MPS’s goal to raise the percentage of officers from a BME background to 10%. During this financial year it has became apparent that the current economic climate was reducing police officer turnover, with 18% fewer police officers leaving the service than originally forecast. Consequently, a decision was made to reduce recruitment targets by 400 to ensure that the MPS remained within establishment. The strategic impact of reduced attrition is:

• Restriction on the ability to improve the diversity of police officers
• Retention of experienced and skilled police officers

49. BME police officer strength has increased from 2,864 at the end of March 2008 to 3,013 at the end of September 2009, an increase of 149 officers. This represents 9.1% of the total police officer strength of 33,298 as compared to 8.8% at the end of March 2009.

Building our capability

50. Following the HMIC inspection in relation to the death of baby Peter Connelly, SCD5 were granted an increase of personnel in order to support the proposed recommendations and provide an enhanced service towards protection of children in London. There has been a historic issue with regards to meeting staffing levels within SCD5. Since January a concerted effort has been made by SCD5 to recruit an extra 89 staff - 19 Detective Sergeants, 19 Detective Constables, 32 Police Conference Liaison Officers (PCLO’s) and 19 Researchers. The drive included open days and both internal and external recruitment campaigns. As a result, all the required police officers have been recruited and it is anticipated they will be in post by December. Staff for the PCLO and Researcher posts have been identified and will be in place by January 2010. The extra staff will ensure that the HMIC recommendations will be met and assist in coping with the increased level of reported crime and referrals within SCD5 remit.

Information, Communications and Technology

51. DoI is introducing a standard operating procedure for information sharing to standardise practice and mandate recording in a single searchable system. To support this activity all Safer Neighbourhood Team and Borough Intelligence Unit officers are receiving awareness training to increase their confidence to share information. Local experts are being trained to drive improvement from within the B/OCUs. As a result of this intervention there will be a consistent process to share with partners; all sharing decisions will be recorded so there will be a clear audit trail; there will be new roles and responsibilities to manage and supervise the sharing process; and information sharing agreements will be in place to cover all volume and regular sharing.

52. The Commissioner opened the 9th Digital Imaging Working Group event hosted by the DoI’s Digital and Electronics Forensic Service (DEFS), which welcomed specialists from UK police forces and around the world. The four-day event provided an excellent opportunity for experts in the digital and forensics field to share knowledge and establish practices.

C. Race and equality impact

There are key areas of specific activity in relation to equalities that demonstrate our commitment to diversity and are essential to the success of the MPS. These include improving the quality of service provided to victims of hate crime, ensuring that a consistent and effective service is provided to London’s diverse communities; improving performance against domestic violence, ensuring a consistent level of service across all communities and minimising disproportionality issues; increasing community trust and confidence in the police use of stop and search ensuring it is used fairly and proportionately; continuing to develop a workforce that reflects the diversity of London and improving the progression of women within the police service.

D. Financial implications

All costs associated with the activities outlined above are covered within existing budgets.

E. Legal implications

1. There are no direct legal implications arising from this performance monitoring report.

2. The MPA is required to monitor compliance of the performance of the MPS in accordance with s6ZA of the Police Act 1996 as inserted by the paragraph 8, Schedule 2 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 and The Police Authorities (Particular Functions & Transitional provisions) Order 2008.

F. Background papers

None

G. Contact details

Report author(s): Katy Tuncer and Worth Houghton, MPS

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18

Appendix 2

Glossary of terms

APACS

Assessment of Policing and Community Safety – performance management framework which will provide the Home Office and its partners with the capability to monitor and assess performance in policing and community safety

BCS

British Crime Survey – a long established Home Office managed survey of UK residents conducted face-to-face in people’s homes designed to capture levels of crime and public attitudes to crime as well as other criminal justice issues. The results play an important role informing Government policy. The survey captures the views of approximately 48,000 citizens across England & Wales annually – roughly 3,000 in London. Survey results are published quarterly and relate to a rolling 12-month period. Limitations are that respondents are aged 17+ and it does not capture business crime.

CPA

Critical Performance Areas - the suite of MPS corporate measures used to track progress against the delivery of corporate objectives

Criminal network

a network of individuals involved in ongoing criminal activity for some form of personal gain (usually profit, but can also be for social standing).

Disruption

a disruption has been achieved when a network is unable to operate at its normal level of activity for a significant amount of time.

Harm

where the consequence of pursuing an activity is seen to have an adverse effect on the social, physical or economic well being of individuals or a community.

MSV

Most Serious Violence includes homicide & child destruction; attempted murder; wounding/GBH; causing death by driving (dangerous driving, careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs, careless or inconsiderate driving) or by aggravated vehicle taking.

OGC

Office of Government Commerce

SD

Sanction detection - police generated detections of a crime. SDs include charges, cautions, fixed penalty notices [FPN], taken into considerations [TIC], summons and cannabis warnings

Serious acquisitive

Includes residential robbery, burglary and motor vehicle crime

SPI

Statutory Performance Indicator

TIC

Taken into consideration – the clear up of multiple crimes attributable committed by one criminal e.g. multiple burglaries

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